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San Diego’s new Catholic leader is the U.S.’s first Vietnamese American bishop
In January, the Vatican announced that the diocese’s longtime leader, Robert McElroy, was moving to Washington, D.C. McElroy ...
Pope names San Diego’s Michael Pham first Vietnamese-American bishop in U.S.
Michael Pham, 58, is currently an auxiliary bishop in the diocese; he was ordained a priest in the San Diego diocese in 1999.
Pope names bishop of San Diego, marking first Vietnamese-American bishop in US
Pope Leo XIV appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael Pham as the new bishop of San Diego, making him the first Vietnamese-American ...
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From refugee to bishop of San Diego, Michael Pham fled Vietnam in 1980 at age 13
Picked to lead the San Diego Diocese, Michael Pham is Pope Leo XIV's first appointment of a bishop in the United States. Pham ...
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Pope Leo XIV appoints Auxiliary Bishop Michael Pham as bishop of San Diego
Bishop-elect Michael Pham was appointed the San Diego Diocese’s temporary administrator after Cardinal Robert McElroy was ...
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Pope Leo XIV's first US bishop appointment is a former refugee
(RNS) — In his first United States episcopal appointment, Pope Leo XIV named Michael Pham bishop of San Diego on Thursday ...
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Pope Leo XIV, in first U.S. appointment, names San Diego’s new bishop
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego to head the diocese.
Pope Leo XIV names Michael Pham as bishop of San Diego Diocese
The Diocese of San Diego is comprised of 8,852 square miles and has a total population of 3,454,921 -- 1,381,968 of which ...
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Pope Leo XIV makes first U.S. bishop appointment, fills San Diego vacancy
on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he named Bishop Michael Pham as bishop of San Diego, California.Pham, 58, is currently an auxiliary bishop in the diocese. He fills the ...